The Pearl - John Steinbeck Alexander van Kesteren It's New York in the

It's New York in the 1940s

een jonge weduwe

Als een nieuw conflict zich aandient vertrekt Ilyas tot verbazing van zijn vrienden weer om de Duitsers aan de overwinning te helpen

Elders is een roman over alleenstaand moederschap

and there he swims in the sea

The Pearl - John Steinbeck Alexander van Kesteren It's New York in theThe Pearl is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, an Indian pearl diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours. Haunting and lyrical, The Pearl sets